UN: Human rights activists beaten, raped in Iran

12.10.2012                      26.Tischrei. 5773

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UN: Human rights activists beaten, raped in Iran

Investigator releases report accusing Tehran of subjecting activists to beatings, rape, sleep deprivation, threats to family members.

Human rights activists in Iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats that family members will be raped or killed, a UN rights investigator said in a report released on Thursday….